Discussion on "How to provide estimates as a Junior Developer?"

Skay · 2020-11-13T06:07:15.414Z

Introduction I recently interacted with a friend who had just started out as a developer and she told me that she found it really hard to provide estimates against the user stories assigned to her. We had an interesting conversation following that an...

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Dany Tulumidis

Nov 13, 2020

Thank you for this post! I find estimation also really hard. Sometimes i estimate too much sometimes to low. I learned that its important that you always estimate based on the task itself and not e.g. the Product Owner or Team Lead. Sometimes you like the person and dont want to let her/him down and estimate to low. Always focus on the task itself.

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Skay

Nov 13, 2020

Thanks for reading and your comment. Like everything in life we constantly learn and evolve. I've had plenty of experiences when I've gone terribly wrong in my estimations. Thankfully, either the client or my lead has been understanding enough to work with me through my transgressions. Thanks once again. Appreciate your comment 😎🙌

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Edidiong Asikpo (Didi)

Nov 13, 2020

Fantastic article Skay.

Skay

Thank you 😊

Shad Mirza

Very helpful 👏